Word: net
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Better Half. In Windsor, Ont., Goalie Jim Hogan stopped half of a flying hockey puck with his armpit, saw the second half skim into the net, protested when officials allowed the goal...
...push their case. Others have filed merely for the record, i.e., to protect themselves against suits of stockholders who might otherwise feel the corporation was lax. Some tax experts guess that, at most, corporations may prove their claims to $3 billions. This is well worth the try, although the net gain will be far less. In many cases, corporations will have normal income taxes and surtaxes taken out on cash returned...
Chet Pierce and Walt Coulson, the only civilian regulars, were excellent at their respective right tackle and right end positions, while Bill Sweeney put in valuable service at the other tackle before being transferred. FOOTBALL STATISTICS H. Opp. First downs 61 51 Net yards gained rushing 1086 807 Forward passes 48 67 Forwards completed 21 27 Yards gained, forwards 211 267 Forwards intercepted by 10 7 Distance of punts, average* 33 35 Ball lost on fumble 3 8 Penalties 17 27 Yards lost, penalties 105 170 *From line of scrimmage
...were another Canadian, five more U.S. soldiers. Three days later, after routine detective work, a police net dragged in the mob leader: a 23-year-old U.S. soldier from the State of Pennsylvania, identified only by an alias "Robert Lane...
...apple growers, of central Washington faced disaster. Ideal weather in the vast, irrigated Wenatchee, Yakima and Upper Columbia River valleys had brought them their fifth biggest apple crop. With a minimum ceiling for growers ($2.75 a box as against the 1939 top of $1.25), this whopping crop would net them their biggest gross in history...